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>There are people who think that necessary, incidental copying - like into RAM or onto a storage medium - should come under fair use. But I don't believe that's been codified and until it has this will remain a gray area.

Nope, according to US copyright law:

http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#117

"(a) Making of Additional Copy or Adaptation by Owner of Copy. ? Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, it is not an infringement for the owner of a copy of a computer program to make or authorize the making of another copy or adaptation of that computer program provided:

(1) that such a new copy or adaptation is created as an essential step in the utilization of the computer program in conjunction with a machine and that it is used in no other manner, or

(2) that such new copy or adaptation is for archival purposes only and that all archival copies are destroyed in the event that continued possession of the computer program should cease to be rightful."
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I have an idea!!!  Martin Marvinski | 04/22/04
I have an idea!!!  Loverock Davidson | 04/23/04
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Prevents too much branching  CobraA1 | 04/22/04
You can use GPL programs in a commercial product...  rinaldo | 04/23/04
They have a pretty broad definition . . .  CobraA1 | 04/24/04
Why don't you put some substance  IT_User | 04/23/04
Ok...  bchesmer | 04/23/04
Sorry but I don't see it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/23/04
huh  Daxx | 04/23/04
Don't use GPL software then...  rinaldo | 04/23/04
re gpl  Llandros Loressin | 04/23/04
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3rd World????  bchesmer | 04/23/04
Ford GT kicks BMW or Mercedes rear ends big time  voska | 04/24/04
Can't pass this one up...  Linux User 147560 | 04/23/04
I beg to differ on the Car quailty  voska | 04/24/04
Okay here...  Linux User 147560 | 04/24/04
Sure, keep thinking that....  boomslang_z | 04/25/04
Re: Germany  casimirartmann | 04/26/04
gpl like a spit hand shake  V Sanders | 04/23/04
Someone has been watching to much "Deadwood" on TV.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/23/04
Good for software licensing.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/23/04
Don't confuse GPL with EULA  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/23/04
You are the one confused I think.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/23/04
Someone's confused  none none | 04/23/04
Nic cherry picking.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/24/04
Re: Nic cherry picking.  none none | 04/24/04
I see your point.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/24/04
Re: I see your point.  none none | 04/24/04
Licensing copyright, not "seats"  Robert Crocker | 04/23/04
Yes, sort of, and maybe.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/23/04
GPL is not an EULA  Root User | 04/23/04
Re: GPL is not an EULA  none none | 04/23/04
Exactly...  Root User | 04/23/04
Has been spelled out  azurensis | 04/27/04
The ONLY difference is the terms.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/24/04
you are getting into an interpretive issue.  B.O.F.H. | 04/24/04
What in the world are you talking about?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/24/04
Re: What in the world are you talking about?  none none | 04/24/04
Seems this court disagree's with you.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/24/04
Just an FYI  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/24/04
Absolutely...  John L. Ries | 09/17/04
The terms are the terms.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/23/04
Re: The terms are the terms.  none none | 04/23/04
Not really true.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/24/04
Re: Not really true.  none none | 04/24/04
That is true of any software. Nothing special about the GPL.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/24/04
Re: That is true of any software. Nothing special about the GPL.  none none | 04/24/04
Sounds just like MS EULA's.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/24/04
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